Sunday, April 7, 2013

Our Life Here Part 1

(From a couple of weeks ago...but I was not able to post...the no internet problem.)

Hi, Still no internet connection at our
house! This has become the biggest hurdle to get past. We heard of a
cable company in our area that offers internet too. Let's hope it is
true and works! Wednesday – Friday & Sunday are our service
days. They are long! :) We start at 9am and sometimes finish at
9:30pm! Our day is varied with return visits, Bible studies, and
English speakers search work (where we go door-to-door asking if
English speakers live here). So, it really is not too bad. I have
been having to pick up mango-s each morning in our yard. Our mango
tree drops the fruit throughout the day. They are small mango-s but
very tasty! I love mango-s!! I think our tree will be done by the end
of this week. We have another mango tree but the fruit is just
starting to form; very cute! These mango-s are supposed to be large.
It will take a while for the fruit to grow and then ripen. Our dogs
seem to be enjoying their new yard. We still leave them in the house
when we are gone.

I buy my food both from the local
grocery store and from the local market. Papayas, pineapples,
oranges, bananas and many other fruit are sold from the back of
parked pick-ups throughout the city. My neighbor is a partner in a
chicken farm so, we buy our chicken from them. I was surprised to
find out that a whole chicken included the feet! They cut up chicken
different here so Rob and I are always trying to guess what piece it
is...we always get the legs & wings correct! There is a brother
who owns a meat market here. I will go check it out and buy some
beef from him. Cheeses are different here. Lots of softer types.
The Oaxaca kind is sort of a string cheese in ropes that are curled
round into a roll. The Oaxacan type works well for quesidillas. We
were told that manchego cheese is a cheddar cheese but Robin and I
think it tastes more like a Jack cheese. We buy our tortillas from
the tortilla shops around town. Our bottled water gets delivered as
does our propane for our stove. I do not have a washing machine or
dryer so, our neighbor sister does the wash. I really want to buy my
own machine so that I can do my laundry my way. I handwash my
personal items because I find it strange to have someone else do
this. Her husband made my dining room table as well as our other
tables. We had a return visit make our 6 chairs. The wood chairs
were about $5 more than buying plastic chairs. We did buy a small
A/C unit for our bedroom. It works fine. We are in our bedroom right
now. Rob is working on his talk for Tuesday night. He also has the
special talk on April 6th in Comalcalco where the Paraiso
English congregation meets. Busy times for him.

The beach is about a 10 minute drive
away. This week many in Mexico have time off and much of it is spent
at the beach. This is probably not the week to go to the beach.

3 comments:

Sounds like you are settling in. You should post pictures of your handmade chairs. How awesome. And we are super jealous of your tortillas. People don't believe us up here how different "real" tortillas are. Love to you both!

what a wonderful way to expand your ministry. Grievances aside (no internet) it sounds like you are settling in nicely, and as always, as you put Kingdom Interests first, things just fall in to place. It's almost like someone knows you need all those other things and is providing! ;)

Again, glad to hear exciting reports from those going to where the need is greater!